“black”

Definitions

• noun

  British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

  Synonyms: joseph black, amerind, bushman, caucasian, indian, malayan, mongolian, negrillo, negrito, negro, oriental, stygian

• noun

  popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

  Synonyms: shirley temple black, shirley temple

• noun

  a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today

  Synonyms: negro, negroid

• adjective

  being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

  Antonyms: white

  • Example:“black leather jackets”
  • Example:“as black as coal”

• adjective

  of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin

  Antonyms: white

  • Example:“A great people — a black people — … injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.”

• adjective

  marked by anger or resentment or hostility

  • Example:“black looks”
  • Example:“black words”